Cherry Hill officer crashes into utility pole

Cherry Hill police officer Frank Kirsch was responding to the report of a discovered Burglary in progress when his police vehicle left the roadway struck an iron fence and stone supports on the property of 800 Springdale Rd before finally striking a utility pole.

Police said Officer Frank Kirsch was responding to a report of a burglary in progress when his patrol car left the roadway in the 800 block of Springdale Road, striking an iron fence and stone supports before slamming into the pole.

Kirsch was taken to Cooper University Hospital where he was treated for facial lacerations and subsequently released, police said.

No other details of the crash have yet been released.

Pictures of the crash show Kirsch's crumpled squad car resting against the utility pole.